I had the opportunity to make a stop at Leech Lake right after the series of storms came through mid week. Safe to say I was in for a difficult bite. I figured out that any time you have some serious wind, some of the areas that only have a few feet of water but hold Fish can’t seem to be a barren desert. If there’s enough room for Fish to hunker down and stick around I think they can but for the most part Fish seem to dissipate those areas and or at least slide out to that 3-4 and deeper kind of water.
My goal was to bring nothing but heavy gear and flip and frog my heart out and that’s exactly what I did. I would be lying to say if it wasn’t a difficult day on the water and definitely not a typical leech lake bite. We did find success however in targeting areas that had access to deep water or easy for these fish to pull up on once the system had cleared and the pressure got back to normal. In typical fashion, frog seem to be the go to in the evening but a few fish were pulled flipping. If you don’t find a mixture of vegetation, it seemed fish weren’t around.
I’ve often said that Leech Lake is the Okeechobee of the north. So much area to fish, but it’s about I’ve often said that leech lake is the Okeechobee of the north. So much area fish, but it’s about capitalizing on small areas that hold groups of fish and identifying what they’re relating to within that area.
If you can crack the code, chances are you’re going to crack a few big fish.